AF3’s ACTIVE ROLE IN THE “WORLD MANGROVE CENTER (WMC)” WORKSHOP

The Government of Indonesia initiated the construction of the World Mangrove Center (WMC) as a ‘hub’ for mangrove management at the national and global level. WMC is supported by the German Government through the financial cooperation Forest Program VI: Protection of Mangrove Forest.

The WMC workshop held by the Center for Standardization of Sustainable Forest Management Instruments (PuSTARhut) and involving other stakeholders- aims to strengthen concepts and formulate action plans and strategies for accelerating development as well as structuring WMC institutions. AF3 acted as expert and moderator in the event on November 22nd – 23rd 2022 that took place in Jakarta.

THE 14th MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF THE CONTRACTING PARTIES (COP14)

The 14th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP14) was held from 5 to 13 November 2022 in Wuhan (China) at the East Lake International Conference Center (ELICC) and Geneva (Switzerland) at the International Conference Center Geneva (CICG). The opening ceremony and high-level segments were held in a hybrid modality with the participation of invited representatives in both Wuhan and Geneva linked via video. Negotiations and all other aspects of COP14 took place in Geneva.